Correspondence Reports:
A victory for propaganda and education

Basahin ang artikulong ito sa Pilipino

New revolutionary radio program thunders through Bicolandia

Dagundong's program is divided into a number of segments. The most prominent among them is Tudlang Talakayan (Discussions that Hit the Bull's Eye) that discusses and analyzes the hottest news in the region, the country and overseas.

During Tudlang Talakayan's first broadcast, it tackled the all-out war being waged by the Macapagal-Arroyo regime, US armed intervention in the Philippines and the "terrorist" tag on the CPP-NPA-NDF. Lively discussions were interspersed with revolutionary and progressive songs to add to the program's appeal.

There is another segment entitled Dalugi kan Rebolusyon (Seeds of Revolution) whose content is revolutionary creative art and literature.

Sulo ng Pakikibaka (Torch of Struggle) features news on the most prominent developments in the various guerrilla fronts and provinces in the region. Another fine segment is Sulo-Syensya (Beacon of Science), which contains "scientific analyses of nature as well as new knowledge and technology relevant to the life and struggle of the majority peasant masses." Information tackled in this segment enriches the knowledge of comrades and the masses.

A delightful segment to comrades and the masses is one called Agi-agi sa Buhay asin Pakikibaka ni Daday (Stories of Daday's Life and Struggle), a play about a 10-year-old child. In the first broadcast, the play told of the failure of an enemy special intelligence team to fool Daday into believing that it was an NPA unit. Aside from the innate effectivity of theater in propaganda work, the play was likewise enjoyable because of its humorous scenes.

The staff that produced the broadcast said that coming up with Dagundong ng Bikol entails a simple process. All they needed were a few pieces of readily available equipment. They used the computer programs Cool Edit Pro to edit the broadcast, Band in a Box for the sound effects and Wave-MP3 Converter to convert the product into MP3 format. They also used basic audio equipment like bi-directional microphones and recorders, among others.

Aside from the staff charged with the region's propaganda work, many comrades helped in creating the various segments of Dagundong.

Dagundong ng Bikol is a fine response to the Party's call to further improve and broaden propaganda and education work. It answers the urgent need to disseminate important information and analyses on issues as well as revolutionary culture.

Aside from newspapers and other reading material, video cassettes, CDs and other instruments of propaganda and education work, continued broadcasts will further raise the level of consciousness and militancy of comrades and the masses and further assist in the revolution's advance.

07 April 2003
English Edition

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